Associations to the word «Punctual»

Wiktionary

PUNCTUAL, adjective. Prompt or on time
PUNCTUAL, adjective. (of an event) Happening at the appointed time
PUNCTUAL, adjective. (of a person) Acting at the appointed time
PUNCTUAL, adjective. (mathematics) Existing as a point or series of points
PUNCTUAL, adjective. (linguistics) Expressing momentary action that has no duration

Dictionary definition

PUNCTUAL, adjective. Acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed; "she expected guests to be punctual at meals"; "he is not a particularly punctual person"; "punctual payment".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne